Analysis of injury characteristics and risks comparison between elderly and young adult pedestrians driven by car-pedestrian collision accidents in China
496 elderly and 431 young and middle-aged pedestrian accident samples extracted from the China In-depth Accident Survey(CIDAS)database were studied to clarify the differences between the injury characteristics and injury risk of elderly and young adults pedestrians,and to provide a theoretical basis for improving pedestrian collision safety regulations.Firstly,the distribution of injury sites and the similarities and differences of injury types between aged and young adult pedestrians were compared.Furthermore,the injury risk curves of head AIS3+,chest AIS3+ and lower limb AIS2+ of elderly and young pedestrians based on vehicle collision velocity were established.The results show that the difference between the two types of pe-destrians in the proportion of chest injuries is as high as 20.9%.At 40 km/h collision speed,the differences in the risk of head,chest and lower limb injuries are 38.9%,39%and 21.2%,re-spectively.Therefore,the improvement of pedestrian crash safety regulations in China can consider the test methods or injury criteria of elderly and young pedestrians differently,and it is particularly necessary to include the car-elderly chest crash test evaluation method.
automobile safetycollision accidentselderly peoplepedestriansdamage typerisk of injury
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